Stand for pressing-irons.



E. P. McKlNNEY.

STAND FOR PRESSING'IRONS.

APPLICATION FILED JAN.11. 1915.

1,164,108. 7 Patented Dec.14,1915.

STA ATENT @FIFIQE.

EDWARD P. MCKINNEY, or IBINGHAMTON, new YORK.

STAND FOR PRESSING-IRONS.

To all whom it may concern:

vBe it known that I, EDWARD PLIVICZKIN- rInY, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Binghamton, in the Stateof New caused by a superheated iron.

' cannot easily slip off.

In this invention ample circulation of air is provided about the iron and the stand, which is constructed so as to be not easily upset, and in such a manner that the iron The invention consists in the novel construction, arrangement andcombination of.

various devices, elements, and parts, as illus- V trated in the accompanying drawings, and

hereinafter more particularly described.

In the said drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of my improved stand; Fig. 2 is a longitudinal vertical section taken on the line 2-2 of Fig. 4, and looking in the direction of the arrows; Fig. 3 is an end view, looking from the rear; and Fig. 4: is a plan View.

In carrying my invention into effect in the embodiment thereof which I have selected for illustration in the accompanying drawings and description in this specification, I provide a base-member of preferably an approximately semi-cylindrical shape, constructed of rolled steel or some other suitable material, designated 11, one end of this member being, however, of slightly smaller diameter than the other end, as may be readily seen from the drawings. This member 11 is provided with outwardly turned flanges 12, by means of which it is adapted to rest firmly in a horizontal position. I also pro vide a member 13 upon which the iron is adapted to rest. This member is formed from a piece of suitable material, approximately of the same shape as the base of a flatiron. The metal forming this member is so bent as to form a longitudinal groove or depression having an approximately rectangular cross-section and a portion on each side thereof upon which the side edges of the iron are adapted to rest. Each of these side portions is formed with a downward inclination toward said longitudinal depression, in order that merely the edge of the I of the same size,

Specification of Letters Patent. 'Patentea gem 14 1915 Application filed January 11, 1915.

Serial No. 1,574.

iron resting thereon may come in contact therewith and the amount of heat communicated to the stand from the iron be thus reduced to a minimum. The edges of the metal are also bent, forming upwardly extending flanges 15 adapted to prevent the iron from slipping off the .stand. This member 13 is secured to the member 11 in the manner now to be described. i

I provide membersIG, (preferably two) which may be stamped out of sheet metal, of the form shown in the drawings, that is, in the shape of a shallow cup. Each of these members 16 is filled with fireproof nonheat condiicting material, suchas asbestos fiber, designated A rivet 18 passes vertically through the bottom of each member 1.6,and through the materialcontained therein. The lower end of the rivet is secured to the top of the member 11, while the upper end is secured in the bottom of the groove 14: of the member 13. Q

It will be observed that when the member 11 is in its normal or horizontal position, one end is somewhat lower than the other, and that as the members 16 are approximately 7 one end of the member 13 will also be lower than the other. By ref erence to the drawings it will be seen that this is the end adapted to receive the front of the iron. 7

The principal advantages of my inven- -tion are as follows: On account of the forthis member 13, which has a large surface on both sides exposed to the air, it is possible for most of this heat to radiate. No heat can be communicated to the member 1i except through the rivets 18 and a small portion of the sides of the cups 1G, and is this area is very small, it is hardly possib e for much heatto reach the member 11. The

member 11 has practically its entire surface on both sides exposed to the air, and so most of the heat communicated to 1t is quickly radiated, while from the relatively small 'I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is as follows: 7

1. A stand for pressing irons and the like,

comprising a base member and an upper member adapted to receive and hold a press lng iron, and means adapted to secure said members together, said upper member being inclined upwardly and outwardly from the center, whereby it is adapted to receive the edges of a pressing iron placed thereon.

2. A stand for pressing irons and the like,

comprising a base member and an upper vmember adapted to receive and hold a pressing iron, and means adapted to secure said members together, said upper member being provided with a depression extending longitudinally and approximately along its middle line.

3. A stand for pressing irons and the like, comprising abase member, an upper member adapted to receive and hold a pressing iron, means adapted to secure said members together, said upper member being prou e os iron, heat insulating means between said base member and said upper member, an

means adapted to secure said members together, said heat insulating means comprising a cup shaped member containinga disk of asbestos or thelike.

5. A stand forpressing irons and the like, comprising a base member of arched form and anupper member adapted'to receive and hold a pressing iron, and means adapted to secure said members together, said upper 'member being provided with a depression extending longitudinally and approximately along its middle line. 7 p

In witness whereof I have hereunto signed my name this 7th day of January 1915, in-the presence of two subscribing witnesses. r g

EDWARD P. M KINNEY.

Witnesses I I ALBERT B. Brown, GEORGE H.

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